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In Arthur's Big Hit, when Arthur hits D.W., apparently on the shoulder since D.W. touches that part as she gets up and cries, she falls backward in a sitting position. If someone was struck in the shoulder, they would not land in a sitting position on the ground. They would land flat on either their front or their back instead.

In "Arthur's Big Hit," when Arthur and "D.W." face off in the heavyweight boxing match, when the 2 have their mouthguards in, "D.W." is somehow able to speak, despite the fact that "she" can't understand what Arthur's saying when he has his mouthguard on.

Quotes

D.W.: (after Arthur realizes that D.W. has accidentally broken his plane) If it could break the sound barrier, falling out of a window shouldn't be able to break it.Arthur: I told you not to touch it.D.W.: You built it all wrong! Did you even read the directions?(Arthur furiously gets on his feet and grits his teeth, but D.W. is too busy talking to be afraid.)D.W.: It didn't fly for one second! It's not my fault if you made a plane that can't fly.Arthur: (lividly) I told you... NOT TO TOUCH IT!!!!!!(He punches D.W., and she hits the ground; D.W. wails in agony as she heads back inside.)Mrs. Read: Arthur Timothy Read? Come here!Arthur: (shocked) Uh-oh. Middle name!

Arthur: (explaining what happened after Binky punched him) And the next thing I know, I'm on the ground. And it hurt, and was embarrassing.Mr. Read: Well, maybe that's what D.W. felt like when you punched her.

Mr. Read: (after Arthur punched D.W.) Arthur, this means no TV for a week.Arthur: What?! That is so unfair! You don't even care what she did to me!Mrs. Read: We'll deal with what she did. But what you did is wrong, too.

(Arthur fantasizes what would happen if he checked out "Hopalong the Frog" for D.W., where he tries to have Ms. Turner check out a book, only for it to set off alarms...)P.A.: WARNING! Reader is a baby! Adult books are off-limits!! (metal blocks cover many of the bookshelves)Ms. Turner: (angrily) Sorry, Arthur! The last book you took out was "Hopalong the Frog!" From now on, you can only take out... (echoing) BABY BOOKS!(Ms. Turner presses a button, and two mechanical arms dress Arthur as a baby and hand him a bottle, and then takes a picture of Arthur dressed that way.)Kids: (offscreen in sing-song) Arthur's a baby! Arthur's a baby! Arthur's a baby!

Notes

Arthur's Big Hit was the first episode of Arthur to be rated TV-Y7 in the United States because it features hitting scenes (i.e. Arthur hitting D.W. on her arm, and then Binky doing the same to Arthur)

"D.W.'s Library Card" is available as a book by the same name. The book is written and illustrated by Marc Brown, but is based directly on the teleplay by Peter K. Hirsch. As of 2008, this book is the only D.W. book to be based off a story from the television series.

In "D.W.'s Library Card," Arthur reads, word by word, the title of this book to D.W. The book is likely a spoof on Clifford the Big Red Dog, a book by Norman Bridwell, which spawned a popular series. It was later made into a PBSKids Television program. However, the series had not yet premiered at the time of the original release of this episode.

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